In response to the OP:
As I have no direct experience of any god then I am left with no alternative than to listen to others as to how they conceptualise their god*, and attempt to glean from these views some sort of generalised picture of what the idea of 'god' is contained therein. I confess this is no easy task, as, as I see it, so many influences(cultural, historical, personal) have to be taken into account. Hence I am quite happy to leave it others to attempt their own description of their own particular god version. If you are talking only about a Christian God, then the same applies, except that I would try to limit my views to those expressed by Christians of widely different persuasions as much as possible, as these are the persons most likely to 'experience' their own particular version of this Christian God. Again, all I am really left with are generalities, although ones which involve Christ, salvation and sin.
As I understand it people have religious faith for a variety of reasons, sometimes intellectual but mostly associated with powerful feelings and experiences. For me, a person who experiences such religious faith is a person who has a strong(sometimes overwhelming) feeling of conviction that their particular faith is essential for themselves. Those feelings though are often translated into convictions that some sort of 'truths' must necessarily flow from their faith, and, given that they are seen as 'truths', then they are often seen as necessarily applicable to others, whether the 'others' accept them or not.
* Of course this does not discount information gleaned from many other sources which might include people of faith/no faith.
